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I kept falling asleep during a meeting today. Barely took any notes, and the notes I did take don't seem to make much sense to me.
"How frequenty to receive notifations of showing"
"Set up under damit"

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if it's a large and/or long meeting and it's not disruptive, I excuse myself to the restroom so as to not fall asleep. If I have to sit there, I put my hand up to my mouth and bite my finger, or if hands are below a desk or table, pinch myself. You can also try nibbling on the inside of your cheek, but that's more of a drymouth technique, which also helps stop you from saying "uhmmmm" a lot (thank you Toastmasters).

Originally Posted by guedita

Which healthcare provider will euthanize you the fastest as a service to society?

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Our work emails are usually FirstInitialLastName@. We have a new employee starting soon that would have the email slutz@.
I'm not sure if I should move forward with this email address or choose an alternative.

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Originally Posted by Robin

Our work emails are usually FirstInitialLastName@. We have a new employee starting soon that would have the email slutz@.
I'm not sure if I should move forward with this email address or choose an alternative.

That is actually hilarious, however I would ask the new hire if they've ever encountered issues with how this reads in the past and see what they'd like you to do.

Originally Posted by M Sparks

It's all riding on this. You've got big dreams to ride to the top of the Flash Mob world. Well internet fame costs. And right now is when you start paying for it...in sweat.

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I just called a guy that applied with us. Offered him an interview and he told me he didn't want to come in unless I could guarantee him a job with at least 20 hours of overtime. What a waste of my time.

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True story. I worked at a place where it was firstinitial-lastname format for e-mail, and a guy got hired named Craig Hump.

That same day, I was about to send out an e-mail for everyone in the office, and had to pause to figure out what Craig's would be. When I got "chump" I thought, "Wow, I wonder if he realizes this."

So I went into his office and asked him if he had been officially assigned his e-mail address yet. He said no. I told him the format that would be used, and before I could finish, he angrily interrupted and said, "Oh crap, not this again. I already went through this back in college."

He stormed out of the office and went to the system administrator, who was obnoxiously refusing to deviate from the format because he was under strict orders "not to assign custom e-mail addresses", and it started getting louder and louder in there. The door closed, and I kept finding excuses to walk by in order to hear what was going on.

Finally the door opened, Craig, stormed out, and I saw the sysadmin on the floor. Apparently Craig hit him, and he was immediately fired that same day.

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Originally Posted by nathanfairchild

I just called a guy that applied with us. Offered him an interview and he told me he didn't want to come in unless I could guarantee him a job with at least 20 hours of overtime. What a waste of my time.

Would you have rathered he came down for the interview and told you this in person?

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Originally Posted by nathanfairchild

I just called a guy that applied with us. Offered him an interview and he told me he didn't want to come in unless I could guarantee him a job with at least 20 hours of overtime. What a waste of my time.

What kind of economy exists in Austin that one can make those kinds of pre employment demands?

Originally Posted by Drinkey McDrinkerstein

Arcade FIre are a bunch of dicks, Deadmau5 is a dick, bands are dicks, David Bowie sucks dicks, Daft Punk is two human buttholes with semen for brains (that was loaded into a butthole from a dick that grew out of their moms), we're all dicks that fucked our moms assholes, God is going to put a giant dick down and fuck our mouths

Originally Posted by thelastgreatman

Send em to Uggo Amy, she'll play right along. Wanna see a chick fuck a dog?

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Originally Posted by Archie Bunker

Would you have rathered he came down for the interview and told you this in person?

Sounds like he saved you time.

I could've hired him for a 40/hr. a week job just fine. Seeing as he was fired from his last job for insubordination, he's really not in any kind of place to make demands like this. That's why I'm annoyed.

Originally Posted by captncrzy

What kind of economy exists in Austin that one can make those kinds of pre employment demands?

It doesn't. We don't have one client that would allow that much overtime.

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Does anyone utilize an alternative to Microsoft Project that is free/low cost for managing projects/tasks/etc.? I have a few IT implementations that I'm needing to track and really don't want to pop for MS Project. Ability to create timelines/Gantt charts would be a plus. I've used Trello before with limited success.

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I interviewed for a sales coordinator position at my company, to secure that position I offered up a friend who I use to work with as a replacement candidate for my job. They told me I was over qualified for the job I wanted but offered me contract administrator job instead, then turned around and hired my friend for the original job I wanted. Her and I have the exact same work background and she has a degree, so she would be even more qualified than me. I'm kind of bothered by this.

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I haven't really said anything to her about it. They had originally proposed the job I am taking to her, then the operations manager saw my resume and I assume because he already knows me and my work product, he decided to put me in the contract admin job instead. The sales job doesn't really include any accounting, which was a big plus for me. I am a great project accountant, but I prefer admin duties, numbers are boring. It just makes more sense to put the girl with the accounting degree in the accounting job, but they don't make the best business decisions here.

At least I will be getting out of my current department and all the negativity. So that's a plus, and I do like everyone on the new team, less paperwork chasing, so it's all a plus, just not what my heart desired.

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I did. It wasn't a full day though, just 4 hours. We played poker and had some good food. Nick's working up in Prescott for the next 8 weeks (2 hours north), he's up there Monday - Thursday and off on Friday. I am going to try to work it out so I can work over during the week and leave early on Friday too. My ultimate work week would be 4 10s, but I don't think they would go for that.

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How come? A lot of companies are moving towards flex schedules, etc. May be worth the shot. Especially if Fridays tend to be unproductive work days anyway (like they are here).

Originally Posted by Drinkey McDrinkerstein

Arcade FIre are a bunch of dicks, Deadmau5 is a dick, bands are dicks, David Bowie sucks dicks, Daft Punk is two human buttholes with semen for brains (that was loaded into a butthole from a dick that grew out of their moms), we're all dicks that fucked our moms assholes, God is going to put a giant dick down and fuck our mouths

Originally Posted by thelastgreatman

Send em to Uggo Amy, she'll play right along. Wanna see a chick fuck a dog?

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How come? A lot of companies are moving towards flex schedules, etc. May be worth the shot. Especially if Fridays tend to be unproductive work days anyway (like they are here).

I am going to feel it out for a bit first. I just know that being "support staff", the guys I am suppose to support get irritated if they need something and I am not at their beck and call. Most of them cut out early on Friday, but they are at least here in the morning.

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Originally Posted by locachica73

I am going to feel it out for a bit first. I just know that being "support staff", the guys I am suppose to support get irritated if they need something and I am not at their beck and call. Most of them cut out early on Friday, but they are at least here in the morning.

Maybe you could work 9 hours Mon-Thurs and half day on Friday?

Also, it's shorts day at work. Yay us.

Originally Posted by guedita

Which healthcare provider will euthanize you the fastest as a service to society?

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That is kind of what I am thinking to start, and see how it goes from there. First I want to get into the new department and woo them. That shouldn't be difficult, I just spent 2 hours training and they don't even know how excel works. FORMULAS ARE YOUR FRIEND!

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yeah, it's hard for support staff to work four 10's.

there's this lady i'm friendly with at work. she's not in my department, but we're on the same project team. we go to lunch together and chat, but when it comes to work, she never responds to my emails. it's so bizarre. she responds to one-off emails, but when it comes to agreed-upon methods for obtaining status on something, nothing. i am not sure how to talk to her about this because she has more power than me and can be a bit curt. we have a meeting this afternoon where i kind of have to bring this up because another team member is frustrated too.

Originally Posted by malcolmjamalawesome

It's when we discuss Coachella that we are at our collective dipshittiest.

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If no email response, sametime her. If no sametime response, walk to her desk. "I need an update on XYZ, can you respond to my email before you leave for the day? Thanks so much, John Doe needs that to finish his piece". Since you're friendly with her, the desk visit can serve as a personal touch and you may get some insight as to why she's not answering emails (swamped with other stuff?).

Originally Posted by guedita

Which healthcare provider will euthanize you the fastest as a service to society?

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yeah unfortunately she is not in this building much anymore. she is also a PM, so it is hard to get in touch. today i am going to ask for the millionth time if we can do something differently to make it easier to get these status updates, but it seems like whatever we agree on doesn't actually happen. i should probably IM her more, i just hate IM and i know how hard it is to respond or even find her online when she's leading so many meetings. we're all busy, but these things have to be done and are really standard to project management.

Originally Posted by malcolmjamalawesome

It's when we discuss Coachella that we are at our collective dipshittiest.